The catwalk was for Kenzo SS 2018 collection but people were raving about the Blazing Hot Ombre nails on the models created by the talented manicurists of Inglot in collaboration with the Iconic nail artist Naomi Yasuda!
With the mesmerizing quality of a blazing evening bonfire, this look served as a powerful contrast to the bright spring and summer looks shown on the KENZO runway, and it will surely inspire fall nails this year.
“The inspiration was Japanese supermodel Sayoko Yamaguchi – She was a model actress in the 70’s and 80’s, and she was also Kenzo Takada’s muse,” said Naomi Yasuda, lead nail artist sponsored by INGLOT. “Her look was very unique, she was known for her beautiful black hair and red lips. So this season for the KENZO show, I created black and red ombré nails.
“It’s very simple and clean yet chic,” said Yasuda. It almost looks like a Japanese lacquer ware.” The manicures were complimented with glossy black pedicures.
The Look: Red and black ombré nails
The Products: Naomi began with a base coat of the INGLOT Ridge Filler. She then applied a layer of the blazing red using INGLOT Nail Enamel 805 and created the black ombré effect with a sponge using INGLOT Breathable Nail Enamel 692, and sealed with INGLOT Dry & Shine.
All INGLOT products used to create the looks seen at these shows are available at more than 600 retail locations worldwide.
Sunnies are something which I can never have enough of! I don’t even bother justifying a pair of new sunnies!
If at all you need to justify your purchase of some cool AF sunnies, here are 5 damn good reasons that will convince even you!!
Reasons to Wear Sunglasses
1.)UV Protection. The sun’s UV radiation can cause cataracts; benign growths on the eye’s surface; and photokeratitis, sometimes called snow blindness, which is a temporary but painful sunburn of the eye’s surface. Wide-brimmed hats and caps can block about 50 percent of UV radiation from the eyes but optometrists say that is not enough protection.
2.)Blue-Light Protection. Long-term exposure to the blue and violet portion of the solar spectrum has been implicated as a risk factor for macular degeneration, especially for individuals that are “sun sensitive.”
3.) Comfortable vision. The sun’s brightness and glare interferes with comfortable vision and the ability to see clearly by causing people to squint and the eyes to water.
4.) Dark adaptation. Spending just two or three hours in bright sunlight can hamper the eyes’ ability to adapt quickly to nighttime or indoor light levels. This can make driving at night after spending a day in the sun more hazardous.
5.) Skin Cancer. Cancer of the eyelids and skin around the eyes is more common than people think. People should wear sunglasses outdoors whether they are working, driving, participating in sports, taking a walk, running errands or doing anything in the sun.
These reasons are sourced from Fox News so they are completely legit!!
Now that we have ample and legit reason to believe that we need some top quality sunglasses, let’s shop around, shall we?
CHLOÈ EYEWEAR 2017
Let’s start with Vintage Inspirations! There’s a whole range of vintage Inspired Sunnies from Chloe.
Vintage inspiration and modern design come together in an alluring, sophisticated collection with luxurious details and a Seventies feel. The iconic models feature unique colors and reflections created by new gloss effects and highly distinctive material combinations, inspired by Chloé’s EFFORTLESS feminine elegance
The palette includes gradient Black, gradient Dove Gray, gradient Brown/Yellow and gradient Taupe. Priced at AED 1,890.
SALVATORE FERRAGAMO
A SOPHISTICATED DESIGN WITH A MODERN FINISH
The new eyewear collection by Salvatore Ferragamo combines tradition with innovation, aesthetics with function, elegance with practicality. The result is eyewear loaded with unique style and personality.
Cat Eye anyone? I’m in love with this perfect Cat Eye shape in Salvatore Ferragamo priced at AED 1,690.
GUESS 2017
The round shape still remains one the coolest around. Reinvented by the global lifestyle brand Guess in latest eyewear collection, the intriguingly feminine, decidedly round silhouettes of this style are full of glamour. They suit anyone with angular features and square faces. Available in classic black and animal prints, with metal details on the bridge and temples embossed with the “GUESS” logo and joined to the front with the iconic triangle motif.
Go retro with these pairs, ideal for a day out on the beach. Price range begins from AED 420
ROBERTO CAVALLI
Embrace the 70’s trend with Roberto Cavalli’s latest range of flamboyant oversized sunglasses – a timeless style that never really left the runway. This season, sunglasses are bolder than ever, with thick frames and exaggerated styles dressed up with glitter and embellishments.
Made for the bold and daring, choose from cat-eye, rectangular or butterfly shapes, and make it as extravagant as you can handle – because it’s all about standing out this season.
Price range begins from AED 1200
These are 5 of my top picks this season, my choice of Summer Sunnies!!
What do you think? Which ones did you like from these?
I may not be a food blogger but I am a true foodie at heart!! I love my food and am pretty much aware of what a dish is supposed to be. So technically speaking, I have an opinion and I feel I can be a damn good food critic!
Since I haven’t been to any molecular gastronomy kinda restaurant before, I was pretty sure that this whole molecular gastronomy is overrated, maybe the food doesn’t taste as good as the original version.
This is before I got invited to review Quattro. I was all super excited and happy and all possible half mad kinda vibes happening around my system!
Promptly at the pre decided time, I landed in the restaurant. Parking is pretty easily available near this place so that was a score.
The decor is what enchanted me. The darker Pastel colors and the huge tree in the middle of the restaurant was a shock! A pleasant one, I must add. The lights around and on the tree were brilliant!! I fell in love with the ambience of this place. Nice and cozy.
The menu was quite textured and good looking. So the excitement was building up. We started off with the mocktails;
A Watermelon Ice Tea – A nice smokey affair once the tea was poured (something to do with dry ice / nitrogen in the watermelon rocks, I guess?) Loved the whole experience.
Apple Basil cooler– It came in some sort of a chemistry lab beaker / glass/ container. Very intriguing and yum!!
Ginger Lemon Mojito – This was a real yum drink again with the whole drama of molecular gastronomy. I was quite enjoying this whole experience.
The starters though…. Mind blowing!!
I’m more of a mexican food lover so I ordered the Fresh Guacamole. The whole Guac on the spot scene ensued, but then came the twist with the addition of liquid nitrogen. The cool Guacamole was then scooped in the avocado skins. I missed the garlic bit in the Guacamole, but it was tasty nonetheless.
The starter called taquito is a must try at Quattro!! A refined mini cone of Taco filled with refried beans, placed atop Pico de gallo, in a shot glass and topped with avocado ice cream. One of the best mexican starters I’ve had in a long time!
Next was the Bruschetta, The bread was rustic and crispy topped with mozzarella, tomatoes, basil foam and balsamic caviar. The caviar pearls bursting in my mouth was an amazing experience.
Next was the Caprice Di Quattro, a beautiful dish served in soup spoons where the mozzarella is deconstructed and reconstructed as spheres. That was another amazing starter. I loved how fresh the pesto tasted in this dish.
The main courses here are your regular food without the drama, which was a tad bit disappointing for me. The pizza was great and the Ravioli was perfect, but, I missed the drama.
By now, we were like bursting at the seams. We were so full, but still were craving for dessert. Can’t help, we just love our desserts.
With a huge weight on our hearts we ordered the lightest of desserts. We were literally so full that we just couldn’t order the best dessert on the menu as it was very heavy. But oh boy, were we glad!! We ordered the Choco Chunk Fudge Brownie Cage for the little one and the Tiramisu for us. Both were out of the world, but that Tiramisu though… every element in a foam form and decadent. Can’t rave enough about this place.
One advice, if you’re looking for a fab experience, stick to the drink, starters and desserts and be prepared to be floored!!
I would give this place a 4.5 out of 5.
What do you think about this place? Have you been here? I would love to hear your reviews!
I would rather be late and have perfect brows than be on time and have bad brows!!
I’ve once again started working full time and am always short on time!! If you know me, you would know that I hate stepping out of the house without any makeup. my liner has to be on fleek and my brows on point!!
So when I got an opportunity to review micro blading, I just couldn’t resist. Microblading is a new must have for perfect brows. It’s an art where the artist makes fine hair like strokes on your brows, with a blade. Then these strokes are filled with color which is of the highest quality so that it lasts for a very long time. The life span of microblading depends on the pigment that is used to fill in the strokes.
PhiBrows is a world renowned academy which has a pretty good name due to its highest standards in everything they do. Their artist is certified Dubai Municipality.
What exactly do they do at Phi Brows?
Microblading is a manual skill of semi-permanent eyebrow drawing. Shape of the eyebrows is calculated according to the golden intersection (Phi 1,618), face morphology and bones structure. Symmetry is achieved through PhiBrows application and it is measured while clients eyes are closed, because only then mimetic muscles that can affect eyebrows symmetry are relaxed. Strokes are always drawn in the direction of natural hair growth, and with the same color as natural is, to achieve hyper-realistic look.
Treatment is performed with disposable sterile tool and pigments are produced in accordance with the highest standards. After the treatment, color is around 30% darker and eyebrows are around 10% thicker. Correction is done one month after the initial treatment, because between 10-15% of drawn strokes disappear after the first treatment.
Your aftercare in a first 7 days makes 80% of the treatments success. Rinsing and applying cream is of great importance, and in these first 7 days you need to avoid sun, sauna, sweating, public water, and putting any type of makeup on the eyebrow area.
Color duration primarily depends on how oily the skin is. The oiler the skin, the shorter the color lasts. On average, expected time until a new color refreshment is between 8-15 months.
I got mine done from Jelena. She’s brilliant at microblading. I would suggest you ask for her. It’s microblading, so of course it hurts, but Jelena makes it a lot lighter than what it would actually feel like.
All in all, I would highly recommend this place for Microblading.
Have any of you guys done something like this? Any reviews? I would love to know!!
You’re either born stylish, or you work hard on getting your style noticed. There are brands that are always there to help you achieve that style. Aldo is one of the most popular and super stylish High Street brand that’s always on trend. I don’t remember any time that I’ve visited Aldo and felt “I’ve seen this before”. Apart from being stylish, they’re also super affordable. I love to visit Aldo for style inspiration, always!!
Just FYI, Smaller bags are in again. And how cute is this yellow bag from Aldo?
Floral is trending all over the place. This clutch is top on my must have list from Aldo!!
These are some gorgeous rings that you could pair with this floral clutch.
End it with these flats to complete the look!
What do you think of this combination? I would love to hear your thoughts!!
Sneakers are fast becoming a statement style rather than just something that you wear when exercising! That’s probably the only reason that I would end up buying those sneakers. You guys know how lazy I am!!
New Balance from apparel Group has some awesome looking sneakers that I’ve been eyeing to wear with my jeans to work. Here are a few that I like a lot. one of them is my favourite.
This grey one looks pretty good with a slight hint of shimmer.
This is the one which caught my attention. I would love to see some color on my feet. 🙂
Black is always a safe color. Lets keep this one for exercising! When I get around to it!! lol!
This, I like, but again, a bit safe. I like some influx of color for my shoes. I’ve lived a corporate life for way too long with black shoes, almost always black. Time to get some color in my life!!
All these are available at the New Balance Stores across the country. All the shoes featured here are for AED 249. And from what I hear, these last for ever!!
I liked the second pair. Which one did you like? I would love to hear from you,
I’m not a food blogger, so this may come as a surprise! I was asked to review a place called Sugar Factory. The first thought that popped to my head was, this might be a fab place to take my son to. The name was so appealing.
We ended up going to the Dubai Festival City branch of Sugar Factory. I like how there was candy everywhere in the front bit of the store.
Then I went inside to check the actual grown up decor and seating. I quite like how this place has a corner for everyone.
The wall graced with the celebs who have visited the place.
Now I was asked to review the insane milkshakes, but the aroma of sliders wafting in the grownup bit of the restaurant was totally making me hungry.
We ended up sitting surrounded by candy as Farhang was in the best place ever!! (his words, not mine)
We started off with a sampler platter. I changed the seafood to chicken and loved every bit of the food. The platter is priced at AED 95, and is enough to feed 3 people at least. Try the Buffalo Chicken Fingers and the Fried Mac and cheese. Out of this world!!
One heads up though, you cannot eat more than a single course there. you need to do atleast 3 to 4 trips to actually enjoy the menu and the freshness of the ingredients.
So the next was the Insane Milkshakes. One more heads up, no one can finish the whole glass on his own!! It’s insanely huge!!
This actually is Milkshakes taken to a whole new level of craziness. The glass in which the milkshake is served is huge and dipped in a thick layer of chocolate which is then cooled / frozen, after layering the outside with things like marshmallows, popcorn, rainbow sprinkles, M&M’s, bacon, waffles, etc. You name it, they probably got that too!
I couldn’t finish the milkshake, so please take some friends along to Sugar Factory.
on food, I will give them 4 out of 5
On decor 3.5
On the milkshakes, yeah 5!!
Did you find this post helpful? I would love to hear from you!
If you live in the UAE, Grand optics is not a new name for you!! I’ve been buying my sunnies from Grand Optics since the time I landed in this country.
They stock all possible brands, well all optics do, so whats diffrent about Grand Optics? Being a blogger, I do have access to the latest trends of the season and Grand Optics is one of the rare few places who stocks all possible trends of the year, fresh off the runway! That to the fashionistas of the region, is huge!
These are two of my favourites from the Summer 2017 designs!
Here’s a little about the Optical part of Grand Optics.
Grand Optics represents an extensive variety of luxury, designer, bridge and exclusive brands for clinical eyewear and sunglasses – as well as a wide range of high quality ophthalmic lenses, with comprehensive choice of coloured and tailor made contact lenses, to fulfill every customers’ needs. Grand Optics’ strategy is to supply the finest selection of latest eyewear styles for its unique customer base in the GCC market, and cater to a distinct clientele seeking excellent products, services & after sales care. The Grand Optics in-store experience is as unique as its product offer, delivering superior customer service unique to the Middle East market within the luxurious ambience of their showrooms. Grand Optics delivers its promise of a new perspective and different vision, whilst providing customers with the latest trends in eyewear with every pair of glasses, sunglasses, contact and optical lenses.
Have you experienced the warm hospitality of Grand Optics? I would love to know of your experience.
I didn’t know the difference, a soap and beautybar to me is the same thing, right? Clearly it’s wrong (I’m writing a post about it, remember?)
There’s a reason why major manufacturing companies are using words like Beauty Bars, Moisturising Bars, Body Bars and the likes.
So the key story here is about Saponification. Saponification is the process which takes place by combining fats, oil and lye together resulting in soap and glycerin being formed. No other ingredients are needed to create soap, however other natural ingredients such as Shea butter and lavender oil can be added for extra skin moisturising benefits and to enhance the soap.
Manufacturers separate the most valuable ingredient, glycerin, which is made during the soap making process and either sell or keep it for more expensive products. Cheaper alternatives are then added to the soap instead like, foaming agents and chemical fragrances, which react the same way as glycerin. Therefore, when using a Beauty Bar daily, you are rubbing harsh chemicals over your skin, which are then absorbed into your body.
Most ‘soaps’ on the market are made from synthetic detergent products, and therefore cannot legally label themselves as a soap product? Manufacturing companies use words like Beauty Bars, Moisturising Bars, and Body Bars as alternatives to using the word soap.
The Shower Tower SOAPENIR is made from 100% natural and organic Shea butter combined with lavender oil, making it the perfect product to feed your skin daily in the shower or the tub. Soothing your skin with nutrients and vitamins such as Vitamin E, The Shower Tower SOAPENIR, moisturises and softens your skin every time you use it.
Shaped as Dubai’s iconic building, The Burj Khalifa, The Shower Tower is the perfect SOAPENIR gift for visitors, guests and tourists visiting Dubai. The Shower Tower retails for AED 95 and can be ordered online by visiting http://www.theshowertower.com or at outlets such as Love Shop Pray, O Concept Store and Dubai Loves.
This particular soap is so good looking that you may not want to use it. I would love to gift something like this when I go back home. You can’t get more ‘DUBAI’ than this!!
What do you think about this post? Would you be willing to change your loyalties to natural soaps like soapenir?
